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Ground Control Anthology

In the year 2419 war has been outlawed on Earth and has moved to the stars. Across of colonized worlds the Mega-corps fight endless battles for control of desperately needed land and resources. Two competing corporations have gone to war over a distant world. You thought that this battle for Krig-7b was just another brushfire war in the long standing dispute between Crawen Industries and Order of the New Dawn. But this time it would be different... Your reputation as a brilliant military tactician and fearless leader has not gone unnoticed. Your employer, Craven Industries has chosen you to co

Release date
July 9, 2009
Platforms
Windows
Developer
Massive Entertainment
Publisher
Rebellion
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In the year 2419 war has been outlawed on Earth and has moved to the stars. Across of colonized worlds the Mega-corps fight endless battles for control of desperately needed land and resources. Two competing corporations have gone to war over a distant world. You thought that this battle for Krig-7b was just another brushfire war in the long standing dispute between Crawen Industries and Order of the New Dawn.

But this time it would be different... Your reputation as a brilliant military tactician and fearless leader has not gone unnoticed. Your employer, Craven Industries has chosen you to command an army of ground and air forces begin deployed to the distant world of Krig-7b. Victory is your only objective. Includes the original Ground Control along with it's expansion Dark Conspiracy A unique mix of strategy and action elements with an intuitive interface An epic campaign with a great storyline Includes the original Ground Control along with it's expansion Dark ConspiracyA unique mix of strategy and action elements with an intuitive interfaceAn epic campaign with a great storyline

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★ 8.8/10GOG · 675 ratings
GOGLast checked November 4, 2026

Most helpful8

★ 5 / 5
When I first grabbed the original Ground Control off of FilePlanet for free (which was holding promotions for their sequel) I was a little biased.…
★ 5 / 5
I don't which off I should start. I love this game! It's IMO one of the best non-base building RTS'es released. I still have gold…
★ 5 / 5
I missed this game the first time around, and I'm glad GOG has given me a chance to correct that mistake. Ground Control is a…
★ 4 / 5
There are no resources, unit production, base building, or mid-mission saves in this game whatsoever. Instead you choose and customize a group of units based…
★ 4 / 5
I got this game way back, now, though not when it first came out but instead when it was re-released on a Sierra Best Sellers…
★ 5 / 5
Ground Control is a really interesting and challenging RTS game. The gameplay is divided up into two parts: 1.) Planning Planning in Ground Control means…
★ 4 / 5
Massive Entertainment's Ground Control is not just one of the first but also one of the best and most well-designed tactical 3D RTSs, which means…
★ 5 / 5
First of all this is not an RTS in the sense you harvest resources to spit out Units. It's more squad based tactics. But once…

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★ 4 / 5
Very solid game overall. I think the strongest aspect of this was the story, surprisingly enough. I thought it would be pretty cheesy, and it…
★ 4 / 5
Very fun RTS its cheap and only gets cheaper I got 1 & 2 for under 2$. Only has one issue and thats the wonky…
★ 5 / 5
Even 25 years later, Ground Control is still excellent, with amazing gameplay despite the by now very dated graphics.
★ 1 / 5
Currently won't launch on windows 11. Tried different compatibility modes to no avail. Please fix.
★ 4 / 5
Runs smoothly, but resolution is limited to 1024x768 but mods apparantly can make it bigger. Also let me switch language on the fly without losing…
★ 5 / 5
This is a childhood favorite and it holds up beautifully. I play this in 1024x768 in a 4:3 box with lots of antialiasing and it…
★ 5 / 5
Even its sequel doesn't provide the same feel as this game does.

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